Can someone please think of Keylor Navas?
Real Madrid are stuck with the Costa Rican goalkeeper after the deal for David De Gea fell through and they are not even pretending to be okay with it.
Instead, the Spanish giants have pinned the blame on Manchester United for the pretty shambolic error that saw a deal for their annual galactico fall through.
And they haven’t held back either.
In a statement on the club’s official website, Real Madrid have highlighted point-by-point, hour-by-hour the events that led to the cock-up on Monday night between two of world football’s superpowers.
It reads- in Spanish – something like this:
1. Manchester United did not open negotiation through the federal rights of David De Gea until yesterday morning.
2. Real Madrid, despite the difficulties of an operation of this kind in the last day of registration, agreed to begin these talks.
3. Manchester United makes it contingent on reaching an agreement with Real Madrid player Keylor Navas to be incorporated, and reports that United is in contact with representatives of the player.
4. Real Madrid and Manchester United reach a rapid agreement on the transfer of both players. After the drafting of the relevant contractual documents required and in order to proceed with sufficient time to process both the FIFA Transfer Matching System (TMS) as its entry in the LFP time, Real Madrid forwards Manchester United contracts at 13:39 Spanish hour.
5. Manchester United sent its comments to the contracts eight hours later, at 21:43 Spanish time, including minor modifications. Not being relevant, all changes were accepted immediately by Real Madrid, with the intention to register the player while both TMS and Professional Football League.
6. Real Madrid, after the signatures of the players De Gea and Keylor Navas, sent the English club said contracts signed at 23:32 Spanish time, we await to receive the final documents signed by Manchester United .
7. Manchester United reached the final agreement with the representatives of Keylor Navas at 23:53 Spanish time and is at that time when the contracts are sent to the player to be signed.
8. Manchester United entered the TMS data from the operation of David De Gea, not those of Keylor Navas, at 00:00 Spanish time, simultaneously referring to Real Madrid transfer contracts signed. Real Madrid receives the full documentation at 00:02 and tries to access the TMS but it was already closed.
9. At 00:26 Spanish time the computer system of FIFA TMS makes an invitation to Real Madrid to fill the data player David De Gea, given that the deadline for registration in England remains open to this day. Real Madrid, in the eventuality of a contentious course of the transfer of the player, decided to refer the contract to the Professional Football League, even knowing that the deadlines had expired.
10. In short, the Real Madrid has done everything necessary, and at all times, to implement these two transfers.
But we’re still delighted to have you, Keylor…
